Record 40 medals for Ja at Special Olympics
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DWIGHT FRASER
Thursday, October 11, 2007
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SHANGHAI, China - JAMAICA'S medal tally skyrocketed to a whopping 40 on the penultimate day of competition at the 12th Special Olympic World Summer Games here yesterday.
Jamaica secured eight more medals yesterday - two gold, five silver and one bronze - to better the 37 they won in Dublin, Ireland, four years ago.
In track and field, three more medals were garnered as Shana Kay Ishmay took the gold in the girls 200 metres (division 1) in 28.22 seconds to turn the tables on Cuba's Yaumays Sarria, who won the 100 metres the day before.
Sarria stopped the clock at 28.79 seconds with Canada's Resha Baxter third in 28.79.
Camile Rhudd and Deona Martel finished down the track in the division 9 final, Rhudd fourth in 30.78 seconds and Martel sixth in 32.18 in the event won by Harriet Tusiline of Uganda in 28.77.
Another Jamaican, Joy Williams, was fourth in division 12 in a below-par 32.48 seconds, as Catherine Parlow of Canada won in 29.50.
On the men's side, Oshane Daley secured the silver in the division 8 final in 22.67 seconds behind, Ala El Furaw of Libya, 24.16, and Cody Chan of USA, 27.82.
Andre Hendricks won the bronze in the 1500 metres in 4:54.23 seconds behind Ian Shepard of Canada
in 4:18.12.
The medal count is expected to increase today as Jamaica are represented in three events. The girls are seeded with the fastest time (58.36) entering the 4x100 metres final, and the boys with the fifth fastest of 52.70 behind Russia's 49.96.
Coy Briscoe, the bronze medallist in the half-marathon, will race in the men's 10,000 metres final.
In volleyball, Jamaica's men's team finished fifth after a creditable fight yesterday against the USA Red Team. Following their loss against Iran on Tuesday in the semi-final, the Jamaicans were revved-up for a medal and after losing the first set, 25-15, rallied to secured the second, 25-19, but the United States were too much to handle and took the decider, 16-14.
The sport of Bocce brought home the silver in the team section behind eventual winners Italy and third-placed Peru. The quartet of Terry Burges, Michael Simms, Natasha Tucker and Teneisha Brown won two out of four games to finish their excellent job.
As was expected, Jamaica's Special Olympic Senior Reggae Boyz left an indelible mark on the people of China as they crushed the home team 5-1 in the seven-a-side football competition to take home the gold medal.
China opened the scoring in the fifth minute before Jamaica replied through a well-timed volley from inside the 18-yard box from Kirk Dockery in the 23rd.
Dockery scored again with a ferocious shot in the 27th as Jamaica led 2-1 at the break.
With the crowd behind them, the Chinese pushed the Jamaicans back on the resumption before the Boyz counter-attacked and scored when Rocky Lindsay passed to Orel Ewan on the right side.
Ewan's searching cross inside the box found Sydney Manyan, who headed home in the 67th to silence the crowd. Manyan was again on target in the 79th, while Orel Ewan put the icing on the cake five minutes from time.
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